1. Elite Areas are the Fissure of Woe (FoW), The Underworld (UW), The Deep, Urgoz's Warren, and the Domain of Anguish (DoA).

2. The area must be fully completed.

In FoW, the end chest must be spawned. Quest panel (L) should be displayed and /age should be visible after the last "Goal Completed" message.

In Underworld, the quest "The Nightman Cometh" must be completed after completing the other 10 quests. Quest panel (L) should be displayed and /age should be visible after the last "Goal Completed" message.

In Urgoz, the end chest must be spawned. /age should be visible after the "You gain 10.000 Kurzick Faction." message.

In The Deep, the end chest must be spawned. /age should be visible after the "You gain 10.000 Luxon Faction." message.

In DoA, all four gates blocking the path to the adjacent area must be unlocked by the completion of the appropriate task:

City: accepting the final quest reward

Veil: killing all spawns of the dreadspawn maw

Gloom: killing the earth tormentors that spawn from the darknesses

Foundry: killing the fury and his group.

You must enter the /age command after the completion message of the last area pops up.